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Powering Up the Event: A Warm Welcome to the Future of IT

Ronita Bhattacharjee

Group Vice President, Events, META, India & APAC, IDC

The AI Moment: Strategies for CIOs in India

AI, predicted to have a $19.9 trillion impact on the global economy by 2030, is reshaping economic landscapes, creating new revenue streams, and redefining competitive advantages. This session will provide unique insights and analysis drawn from IDC’s extensive study of CIOs and key decision-makers across India. It will provide a deeper understanding of current and planned AI strategies and use case road maps, covering key topics such as AI-ready data, unified governance, fit-for-purpose and scalable infrastructure, and AI talent.

Speaker

Sakshi Grover

Senior Research Manager, Cybersecurity Services, IDC Asia/Pacific

Advisory Council Felicitation

Unlock the Full Value of Enterprise AI

Amit Luthra

Managing Director, ISG, Lenovo

Legacy to Digital Resilience: Innovation with Agentic AI Platforms

Application development (AppDev) has undoubtedly become a critical part of most organisations in this digital era.But what happens to digital transformation goals when the bulk of an organisation’s critical software applications written in Java and .NET were produced years or even decades ago?

Join us on this event where we will show CIOs how to modernize legacy applications rapidly—without sacrificing control or overwhelming engineering teams. We cover:

1. Automated Legacy Code Analysis for accelerated migration : Use AI-powered code analysis to surface risks, dependencies, and modernization paths quickly—bypassing laborious manual assessment and accelerating modernisation.
2. Unified Data Fabric for seamless Integrations: Maximize value from existing IT investments by harmonizing data across ERP, CRM, data lakes, relational databases, and other knowledge systems in your enterprise.
3. Agent Workbench for Custom Agentic AI Development: Whether for bespoke apps or domain specific functions, agents can automate workflows, integrate with multiple models (including third party ones), and operate under the governance you define. We offer real time monitoring, auditability, and built in guardrails to ensure secure Agentic AI deployment at scale.

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Krishna G

Country Head Solution Architecture (India), OutSystems

Tea / Coffee & Networking Break

Leading AI Transformation with Confidence: The Enterprise Context Layer for Agentic AI

AI is no longer a science project—it’s a board-level mandate. Yet most organizations are stuck between moving too slowly and spinning up disconnected pilots that create risk, sprawl, and low ROI. In this session, we’ll unpack how an open, horizontal Work AI platform and a shared enterprise context layer can turn AI from scattered tools into a trusted, company-wide capability that transforms people, processes, and platform. You’ll see how leading enterprises are using Glean to unify context across their apps, safely deploy multi-model agents, and deliver tangible outcomes—from 25%+ productivity gains and faster feature velocity to higher win rates, better CSAT, and AI initiatives you can finally scale with confidence.

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Kunal Matta

India Sales Head, Glean

Agentic AI in CX: From Automation to Autonomous Outcomes

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Gaurav Agrawal

Chief Business Officer, Exotel

Democratizing Data + AI

Data and AI are now core to competitive advantage, yet their use is still concentrated among specialists. CIOs must democratize data and AI so every function can act on trusted insights. This session will show how a unified, governed data foundation and modern data and AI platform enables secure self service analytics, AI and domain specific applications. CIOs will gain practical guidance and examples on scaling adoption across business units while maintaining governance, compliance and control.

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Kamalkanth Tummala

Vice President and Country Manager, Databricks

Rajesh Ramdas

Senior Director – Field Engineering, Databricks

Rethinking compliance in the age of AI

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Tarang Bapat

Director – Business Development, Asia & Emerging Markets, Thomson Reuters

Predict. Prevent. Perform: The AI Edge in Observability

As technology environments grow more complex, IT and security teams need more than traditional monitoring. In this session, Datadog will show how a unified observability and security platform, powered by AI, helps organisations predict issues, prevent risks, and improve performance across their entire tech stack. With end-to-end visibility across infrastructure, applications, security, and digital experience — plus AI Agents that automatically detect, investigate, and remediate problems — CIOs can move from reactive firefighting to proactive, resilient operations that drive stronger business outcomes.

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Namit D’Cruz

RVP, Enterprise Sales, India & SAARC, Datadog

Guru Ragavendra

Senior Enterprise Sales Engineer, Datadog

Building a Data Foundation for Innovation

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Mandar Bhide

APAC Technical Expert, Data Management & Protection, Hitachi Vantara

Fuel Up & Connect: Lunchtime Networking for Big Ideas

Block Printing Activity

Stamp your creativity into tradition and make a difference with every print

Regroup for High Tea Roundtable

Gala Dinner: Inspired by South Indian Culinary Traditions from the Chola Region

Registration and Networking

Arrive Early & Stand a Chance to Take Home a Mini Robot!

Welcome Address & Recap from Day 1

Ronita Bhattacharjee

Group Vice President, Events, META, India & APAC, IDC

Panel Discussion – Redefining the CIO Role: From Technology Leader to Business Partner

The role of the CIO is rapidly evolving beyond traditional IT management to becoming a strategic business partner. This panel will explore how CIOs are driving enterprise-wide transformation, enabling innovation, and aligning technology initiatives with core business objectives. Industry leaders will share insights on shifting from operational oversight to value creation, influencing board-level decisions, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and leveraging emerging technologies to deliver measurable business impact. The discussion will highlight the skills, mindset, and leadership approaches required for CIOs to thrive in today’s dynamic and digitally driven environment.

Aman Walia

, Kanodia Group

Pankaj Sharma

Head of Information Technology, Hikal

Kayzad Hiramanek

Chief Operating Officer, Edelweiss Life Insurance

Sanjeev Tyagi

Global Lead – Information Technology, Sun Pharma

Rajneesh Garg

, Ecu Worldwide

Vivek Shankar

Chief IT Security Officer (CITSO), Axis Max Life

Accelerating Safe AI at Scale: Unified Data Protection, Governance & Recovery

See how Veeam + Securiti AI unify data protection, security, governance, privacy and AI trust into one command center so you can deploy SAFE AI fast—on trusted data. Learn how to understand data everywhere, secure AI pipelines, verify clean restore points, and orchestrate rapid rollback when incidents occur, turning resilience into competitive advantage and compliant innovation.

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Sandeep Bhambure

Vice President and Managing Director, India and SAARC, Veeam

Measuring Success Beyond KPIs

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Monika Kapoor

Global Head of Data, Analytics and Integration Platforms, AstraZeneca

The Agentic AI: IDC Trends and Predictions

Deepika Giri

Associate Vice President, IDC

CIO Masterclass Workshop: Designing the India-Led Global Enterprise of 2028

Sakshi Grover

Senior Research Manager, Cybersecurity Services, IDC Asia/Pacific

Tea / Coffee & Networking Break

Each Group Presents From Workshop

AI Visionaries Acknowledgement

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